παρακύπτω

παρα-κύπτω, poet. παρκύπτω,

• stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, Ar. Ach. 16; lean over a railing, POxy. 475.23 (ii A.D.).
• • II stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
  • • 1 look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντʼ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον D. 4.24.
    • 2 peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος Ar. Th. 797, cf. 799, V. 178; π. ὥσπερ γαλῆ Id. Ec. 924; of girls peeping after a lover, Id. Pax 982, 985, Theoc. 3.7; διὰ τῶν θυρίδων LXX Ca. 2.9; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, Plu. Amat. 2.766d: metaph., σωτηρία παρέκυψε a hope of safety peeped out, Ar. Ec. 202; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, Sor. 1.118: folld. by an interrog. clause, peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ Arr. Epict. 1.1.16:— Pass., θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι prob. out of which people look, LXX 3 Ki. 6.9(4).
    • 3 of persons outside a place, peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν ib. Si. 21.23; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον Ev.Jo. 20.11; παρακύψας βλέπει ib. 5, Ev.Luc. 24.12; ὁ παρακύψας εἰς νόμον τέλειον Ep.Jac. 1.25; π. εἰς τὰ ὑμέτερα Luc. Pisc. 30, cf. 1 Ep.Pet. 1.12; of a thing, appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν Hp. Fist. 3.
    • 4 meddle with, πράγματι PLips. 29.10 (iii A.D.).

παρακύπτω, sich daneben bücken, bes. daneben stehen u. sich bücken, um Etwas genauer zu besehen, verstohlen aus der Tür od. dem Fenster blicken, vgl. Ar. Pax 983, ἄν τις προσέχῃ τὸν νοῦν αὐταῖς ἀναχωροῦσιν· κᾆτʼ ἢν ἀπίῃ παρακύπτουσιν ; Thesm. 797 u. öfter ; Luc. Pisc. 30 ; sich hineinschleichen, Sp.
Bei Dem. 4.24, τὰ ξενικὰ παρακύψαντα ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον … πανταχοῖ μᾶλλον οἴχεται πλέοντα, gleichsam nur hineingucken in den Krieg und sich dann lieber zu anderen Dingen wenden.

παρακύπτω poet. παρ-κύπτω fut. ψω

• • Ito stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, Ar.
  • IIto stoop for the purpose of looking at, and so,
  • • 1to look sideways at, cast a careless glance on a thing, Dem.
    • 2to peep out of a door or window, Ar.:— or, of persons outside, to peep in, look in, κατʼ ἄντρον παρκύπτοισα Theocr.; παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον NTest.